Correct answer: (a) 1 only
Explanation
- A
1 only
(a) 1 only. The India Ideas Summit 2020 was hosted by the US-India Business Council in virtual format on 22 July 2020. Statement 1 is true; the theme was not ‘Empowering India’, so 2 falls. Official key.
- B
2 only
(b) 2 only. Statement 2’s theme wording is the rejected limb; it cannot stand alone as the key.
- C
Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2. That would need the theme ‘Empowering India’ to be correct. It is not, on this key.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2. Statement 1 is true; wiping both is wrong.
Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. USIBC’s India Ideas Summit ran virtually in July 2020, with 22 July as the dated session in the stem. The tagged theme ‘Empowering India’ is the incorrect half. Prime Minister Modi addressed the summit; that fact does not rescue statement 2.